What does misery guts mean?
Misery guts means (colloquial) A miserable, negative person..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(colloquial) A miserable, negative person..
He was regarded standoffish or withdrawn or even as a miseryguts.
You know, Jers, you've become one incredible miseryguts. A grumpy old granny. I mean, I'm offering you a hand, here.
At the end of the decade, the Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, better known as an accomplished miseryguts, captured the zeitgeist more perceptively than most...
Use misery guts when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Misery guts means (colloquial) A miserable, negative person..
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He was regarded standoffish or withdrawn or even as a miseryguts.
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